Undershot water-wheel.



J. W-, JACOBS. UNDERSHOT WATER WHEEL.

APPLIUATION FILED MAR. 14, 1904.

114: Nonms mans co, PHUYO-LIYHQ, wasmnorou, a. c.

UNITED STATES Patented ma 24, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE JAMES JACOBS, or JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA.

'UNDERSHOT WATER-WHEEL;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0v 760,869, dated May 24, 1904.

Application filed March 14, 1904,

To all whom, it may concern:

Beit known that 1, JAMES W. J ACOBS, a citizen of the United States, residing at J effersonville', in the county of Clark and State of Indi-v ana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Undershot Water -Wheels, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention .relates to improvements in undershot water-Wheels; and the object of my invention is the provision of a wheel of this character which will receive the full supply of water and utilize it to the best advantage for transmitting power.

Another object of my invention is the provision of an undershot water-wheel which'will be comparatively light in weight to insure an easy running, but which will possess great strength and durability and which will be of the simplest, most inexpensive, and practical construction. Y

With these objects in view my invention consists of an undershot water-wheel embodying novel features of construction and combination of parts, substantially as disclosed herein.

Figure l represents a vertical central sectional view of my complete water-Wheel. .Fig. 2 represents a front elevation of the skeleton or frame with the blades or buckets detached. Fig. 3 represents an edge View of one of the spiders, (the central one.) Fig. 4 represents a face or side view of the central spider; "and Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of the conical hollow cross-piece used in connecting or securing the buckets to the frame, end pieces, and spiders.

In the drawings the letterA designates the water-supply or feed-sluice provided with the discharge-spout B, and adjacent the feedsluice is the water-guard C, which is curved for a portion of its length to retain the water in thewheel and prevent itfrom slopping over or being discharged.

Upon the shaft or axle Dare mounted the curved or circular'closed end plates E, and

I greatest power obtainable.

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also upon the axle are mounted the central and end spiders or plates F, provided with the series of openings G to insure lightness and having the series of peripheral recesses or seats H and at their ends formed with the flanges J, provided with bolt-receiving openings K. Fitting'within the curved recesses or seats of the spiders are the cylindrical buckets L, which are shaped to exactly fit within the seats or recesses and have one end M extend beyond the other end to receive the impact or force of the water, and theplates' are secured to the sp iderand the closed end plates by means of the hollow tapering cross pieces 0, provided with a series of openings P to receive the bolts or fastenings Q for securing them rigidly in position. From this construction it will be seen that the ends of the wheel are closed, which closes the buckets except at their upper open portions, and that the extended outer ends of the bucket are thus arranged in the best possible position to receive the impact or force of the water from the feed supply or sluice, and thus insure the Also by means of my construction the parts of the wheel may The readily detached-for purposes of shipping and as quickly and readily set up or assembled and that generally my wheel possesses every feature'of, merit necessary in an invention of this character. I

I claim v 1. An undershot Water-wheel consisting of the feed or supply sluice,- the shaft or axle, the closed. circular end pieces, the spiders mounted on the axle and having the series of curved seats or recesses, and the curved or cylindrical buckets secured between the ends and to said spiders and having one end extended to receive the force or impact of the water.

2. An undershot water-wheel consisting of the shaft or axle, the closed circular end pieces,

flanges, the series of buckets secured to the the series of spiders having the transverse periphery of the spider and the conical crosssaid seats or recesses and having one end ex- 1 pieces for connecting the end pieces, spiders tended to form an abutment to receive the and buckets. force or unpact of the water.

3. An undershot Water-wheel consisting of In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the feed-sluice, the guard having the curved presence of two witnesses.

wall or plate, the curved end pieces, the shaft JAMES W. JACOBS. or axle upon which said end pieces are mount- Witnesses:

ed, the spiders having the peripheral curved W. J. SCHWAIMYER,

seats or recesses, and the buckets secured in E. T. DETROW. 

